Modern History (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. The Indian National Congress agreed in 1947 to the partition of the country mainly because: [1998]

a. the principal of two-Nation theory was then acceptable to them

b. it was imposed by the British Government and the Congress was helpless in this regard

c. they wanted to avoid large-scale communal riots

d. India would have otherwise lost the opportunity to attain freedom

2. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: [1999]
List I (Year) - List II (Event)
A. 1775 - 1. First Anglo-Burmese War
B. 1780 - 2. First Anglo-Afghan War
C. 1824 - 3. First Anglo-Maratha War
D. 1838 - 4. Second Anglo-Mysore War
Codes:

a. A-4; B-3; C-2; D-1

b. A-4; B-3; C-1; D-2

c. A-3; B-4; C-1; D-2

d. A-3; B-4; C-2; D- 1

3. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA

b. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation ofA

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

4. Who among the following was associated with supression of thugs? [1997]

a. General Henry Prendergast

b. Captain Sleeman

c. Alexander Burres

d. Captain Robert Pemberton

5. The educated middle class in India: [1998]

a. opposed the revolt of 1857

b. supported the revolt of 1857

c. remained neutral to the revolt of 1857

d. fought against native rulers

6. Which one of the following statements is incorrect? [2000]

a. Goa attained full statehood in 1987

b. Diu is an island in the Gulf of Khambhat

c. Daman and Diu were separated from Goa by the 56th Amendment of the Constitution of India

d. Dadra and Nagar Haweli were under French colonial rule till 1954

7. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors- General kept the British flag flying high in India? [1999]

a. Warren Hastings

b. Lord Cornwallis

c. Lord Wellesley

d. Lord Hastings

8. At the time of India's Independence, Mahatma Gandhi was: [1998]

a. a member of Congress Working Committee

b. not a member of the Congress

c. the President of the Congress

d. the General Secretary of the Congress

9. The Governor-General who fol lowed a spirited "Forward" policy towards Afghanistan was: [1999]

a. Minto

b. Dufferin

c. Elgin

d. Lytton

10. In the interim government formed in 1946, the Vice-President of the Executive Council was: [1995]

a. Jawaharlal Nehru

b. Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

c. C. Rajagopalachari

d. Dr. Rajendra Prasad

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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